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A new report released today at the Boston Foundation takes the first in-depth look at the Massachusetts leisure, hospitality and tourism (LHT) industry in decades, and finds that while the sector quickly rebounded from the Great Recession, it is still plagued with low pay and high turnover.
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The Boston Foundation announced its quarterly discretionary grants after a meeting of the Foundation’s Board of Directors this week. The Board approved $2,160,375 in single and multi-year discretionary grants to 19 nonprofits.
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As some of you may know, we removed the ODG application and deadlines from the website in March to make some slight changes as we enter the third year of grant making. Now with plans in place, we’d like to explain our thinking over the last few months of planning and share next year’s most relevant ODG programmatic changes.
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We begin a summer exploration of the themes of the 2018 Boston EdTalks by highlighting three remarkable stories of the power of writing - all from Boston teachers who shared their brilliance on stage this spring.
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